Flos areste

Flos areste, the tailless plushblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Assam and the northern and southern Shan states Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaya and China.

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.